You might know him as: The lead singer of Nirvana and as Courtney Love's husband

Born: February 20, 1967, Hoquiam, WA

Died: April 5, 1994, Seattle, WA

Cause of death: reportedly a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, but now there are many theories that Kurt was murdered*

*Because of an entry in my guestbook, I again, repeat: I DID NOT ACCUSE ANYONE OF KURT'S MURDER! I was not there, and nor were his many fans!

Wendy O'Connor (Kurt's mom) on Kurt's death: "Now he's gone and joined that stupid club. I told him not to join that stupid club. (27 Club)

Courtney Love on Kurt's death: "No, Kurt, the worst crime I can think of is for you to continue being a rock star when you fucking hate it. Just fucking stop."

"I bawled my brains when he died"--Puddle of Mudd member Wes Scantlin

"He was the greatest songwriter of my generation"--STP's Scott Weiland

*Please note that these comments were made before any theories of murder surfaced!

John Denver

Full Name: Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr.

You might know him as: Singer of songs like "Rocky Mountain High" and "Annie's Song." He was also an actor, as well as one of the active voices to speak out against the PMRC in 1985 banning censorship of song lyrics

Born: December 31, 1943, Rosewell, N.M

Died: October 12, 1997, Monterey Bay, CA

Cause of death: Crashed his private plane

Norman Fell and Audra Lindley

People have remembered these other people since July 1, 2001

Birth Name: Norman Feld

You might know him as: Stanley Roper on Three's Company

Born: March 24, 1924, Philadelphia, PA

Died: December 14, 1998 Woodland Hills, CA

Cause of death: Cancer

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You might know her as: Helen Roper on Three's Company

Born: September 24, 1918, Los Angeles, CA

Died: October 16, 1997, Los Angeles, CA

Cause of death: complications from Leukemia

Phil Hartman

Birth Name: Philip Edward Hartmann

You might know him as: Bill McNeal on NewsRadio, himself on SNL for 8 years, the voice of "Troy McClure" on The Simpsons

Born: September 24, 1948, Brantford, Ontario

Died: May 28, 1998, Encino, CA

Cause of death: Shot to death by his wife (who then killed herself)

Geraldo Rivera, (upon hearing of the murder-suicide): "Why is it people always get murder and suicide backwards? Kill yourself without taking the other person with you."

Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau

Jack's Full Name: John Uhler Lemmon III

You might know Jack as: Felix Unger from The Odd Couple, John Gustafson in Grumpy Old Men and Grumpier Old Men

Born: February 8, 1925, Boston, Mass.

Died: June 27, 2001, Los Angeles, CA

Cause of death: complications from cancer

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Walter's Full Name: Walter Matuschanskayasky

You might know Walter as: Oscar Madison from the movie The Odd Couple, Max in Grumpy Old Men and Grumpier Old Men

Born: October 1, 1920, New York City

Died: July 1, 2000, Los Angeles, CA

Cause of death: heart complications

Dean Martin

Birth name: Dino Paul Crocetti

You might know him as: half of the comedy team of Martin and Lewis, singer of "That's Amore" and "Everybody Loves Somebody;" was a member of "The Rat Pack"

Born: June 7, 1917, Steubenville, OH

Died: December 25, 1995, Los Angeles, CA

Cause of death: acute respiratory failure

Frank Sinatra

Full Name: Francis Albert Sinatra

You might know him as: the "leader" of "The Rat Pack," singer of "My Way," "Summer Wind," and "Come Fly with Me"

Born: December 12, 1915, Hoboken, NJ

Died: May 14, 1998, Los Angeles, CA

Cause of death: heart attack, he also had heart disease, kidney disease, and bladder cancer

Thanks to all of you for sharing your remarkable talents with us! None of you will ever be forgotten! RIP~all mentioned above.

"I do it for half an hour in the morning, and I'm though for the day."--Walter

(Felix is getting ready to take pills, but will not take them with water)

"Aren't you going to take those with water?" --Walter

"What? The local water? Do you realize how many pesticides are in there?"--Felix

"Lower your voice...(Sarcastically)...people don't know they're going to be dead in a week!"--Walter

(Old man looks at his water)

Out to Sea:

"You're crazy. Years of insanity have made you crazy!"--Jack

"There's no such thing as 'too late!' That's why they invented death!"--Walter

"What could his parents have possibly done to him?"--Jack

"He's been on this boat too long."--Walter

"He's demented."--Jack

"Bon voyage, Meathead!"--Jack

(John )Carroll O'Connor

You might know him as: "Archie Bunker" on All in the Family; Sheriff " Bill Gillespie" on In the Heat of the Night (TV Series), which also co-starred his son, Hugh

Born: August 2, 1924, The Bronx, NY

Died: June 21, 2001, Culver City, CA

Cause of death: heart attack (from complications due to diabetes)

I remember coming back home from Hawaii in the early morning of June 21. I didn't know anything had happened until I sat down to watch Nick-at-Nite later that evening. They were showing clips of Archie Bunker dancing around on All in the Family. I knew as soon as I saw those clips that something was wrong. The last thing they showed was a still photo and the words: "Those were the days. Carroll O'Connor 1924-2001"

Those were the days, and you are truly missed, Carroll. Read co-star's commetns on this page

Larry Hagman om Carroll: "He was my mentor...I never made a move without asking him-like for my Dallas deal."

Jim Varney

Full Name: James Albert Varney, Jr.

You might know him as: Ernest P. Warrell in the many "Ernest" movies i.e. Ernest Scared Stupid and Ernest Goes to Jail; he played Jed Clampett in the movie version of The Beverly Hillbillies

Born: June 15, 1949, Lexington, KY

Died: February 10, 2000, Whitehouse, TN

Cause of death: Lung Cancer

Lorenzo Music

Birth name: Gerald David Music

You might know him as: the voice of countless commercials, the unseen doorman on Rhoda, writer for the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, perhaps best known as the voice of "Garfield the cat"

You might know John as: one of the guitarists and vocalists of the most successful band of all time, The Beatles, wrote amazing collaborations with Paul McCartney also had a successful solo career; he was also a peace promoter

Born: October 9, 1940, Liverpool, England

Died: December 8, 1980, New York, NY

Cause of death: Shot to death by a deranged "fan"

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You might know George as: the youngest member of The Beatles, played guitar and did mostly background vocals, but wrote and sang spectacular songs both with The Beatles and as a solo artist

You might know him as: The lead singer of Alice in Chains, who was also with Mad Season

Born: August 22, 1967, Bellevue, WA

Died: April 5, 2002, Seattle, WA

Cause of death: Heroin overdose

Layne died exactly 8 years to the day after Kurt Cobain's death

*Please DO NOT get angry with ME for what the AP wrote up about either Layne or Kurt! I just thought you all might be interested to read the actual story for yourselves. (DO NOT SEND ME HATE MAIL! I DIDN'T HAVE TO POST THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE!) I realize the obituary is hard to read, but if you would like a clearer copy for yourself, simply just EMAIL ME and ask for one!

lead singer of the grunge rock band Alice in Chain, died of a heroin overdose, an autopsy established.

Laboratory test results released this week by King County medical examner's office came as little surprise by drug paraphernalia when he was found dead on April 19 (2002) at 34, and several of his songs dealt with heroin addiction.

An earlier autopsy showed he died on April 5, two weks before a relative found the body at Staley's home in the city's University District.

Later tests established that the cause if death was acute intoxication from an injected mixture of heroin and cocaine known as "speedball,""dynomite,""murder one," and "Belushi," for comedian John Belushi, who died of a similar mixture in 1982.

The singer went into rehabilitation several times without success.

Actor River Phoenix had heroin and cocaine in his body when he died in 1993. Kurt Cobain, lead singer of Nirvana, was on heroin when he shot himself to death in Seattle in 1994.